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<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Throughout California, many hospitals that serve mostly low-income patients face financial strains. And as Health Care Reporter Pauline </span>Bartolone<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> in Sacramento found, changes in the health care system are making the problems even worse.</span></p>Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:58:01 +0000Pauline Bartolone - Capital Public Radio45964 at http://kvpr.orgCalifornia 'Safety-Net' Hospitals at Risk Amidst Health System ChangesAmid Budget Woes, County Looks To New Future For Kern Medical Centerhttp://kvpr.org/post/amid-budget-woes-county-looks-new-future-kern-medical-center
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">The Kern County Board of Supervisors met Monday to discuss the future of the county’s financially troubled Kern Medical Center. The Board met with hospital CEO Russell Judd and an outside consultant to outline new governance guidelines for </span>KMC<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> which is losing around $3 million a month.</span></p><p>Supervisor Mike Maggard says the hospital is at a critical juncture.</p>Tue, 13 May 2014 03:21:58 +0000Joe Moore32561 at http://kvpr.orgAmid Budget Woes, County Looks To New Future For Kern Medical CenterKern County Fires Hospital CEO; Animal Control Directorhttp://kvpr.org/post/kern-county-fires-hospital-ceo-animal-control-director
<p>The Kern County Board of Supervisors has fired two high profile department heads within 24 hour of each other. Both Kern Medical Center CEO Paul Hensler and Animal Control Director Jen Woodard were dismissed over concerns about their performance.&nbsp;</p><p>On Monday night, the board voted to fire Hensler&nbsp;after a lengthy meeting over&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">concerns about financial mismanagement at the county run hospital.</span></p>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 01:04:09 +0000Joe Moore21372 at http://kvpr.orgKern County Fires Hospital CEO; Animal Control DirectorKMC to Consider Pact With Foreign Med Schoolhttp://kvpr.org/post/kmc-consider-pact-foreign-med-school
<p>The Kern County Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal next Tuesday to allow a foreign medical school from the Caribbean to cycle 100 students a year through the clinical rotation program at Kern Medical Center.</p><p>The Ross University School of Medicine would pay Kern County $3.5 million a year for 10 years for the program, if it&rsquo;s approved by the board. KMC currently has students from UCLA and several other Caribbean medical schools in its program.</p>Fri, 25 May 2012 19:51:46 +0000Joe Moore679 at http://kvpr.orgKMC to Consider Pact With Foreign Med School